People at Night, Guided by the Phosphorescent Tracks of Snails

Constellations is a series of 23 small paintings on paper, initiated by Joan Miro in 1939 in Varengeville-sur-Mer and completed in 1941 between Mallorca and Mont-roig del Camp. The Fundació Joan Miró preserves a work of this series and The Morning Star, one of the most important pieces of the series. [1] The painter gave to his wife and she later donated to the Foundation.[1]
In August 1939, a month before the outbreak of the World War II, Miró, with his family escaped Paris and moved to Varengeville-sur-Mer, a small town in Normandy. This sentiment of escaping is clearly reflected in this series' harmonic and poetic production. At Varengeville-sur-Mer he painted the top ten works in the series which was later called Constellations, beginning with The Dawn and The scale of evasion.
After escaping from France Miró continued the series of constellations in Mallorca, creasting a more complex group of ten more. The last three were created in 1941 in his ancestral home in Mont-roig del Camp. Whilst completing this series he began the first sketches of the Barcelona Series engravings, where he would repeat part of his imagery.

"Constellations Ensemble"
Commissioned by the City of Birmingham, UK, Constellations was performed in February 2004 on a seven-city tour of the United Kingdom, and at the Teatro Nationale in Milan Italy in May of 2005. The multi-media program is approximately one and one half hours long, and includes projected slides and text.

The current members of the ensemble are:
Lew Soloff Trumpet
Ralph Alessi Trumpet
Ned Rothenberg Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Wayne Horvitz Electronics, Organ
Zeena Parkins Harp
Neal Kirkwood Piano, Celesta, Accordion
John Bacon Vibraphone, Marimba, Chimes, Orchestra Bells
Bobby Previte Trap Drums, Percussion
Christian Muthspiel Conductor

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